Famous Deaths Happened In April - 15
Friday, 02 January 2026
1053 On this day in history death of godwin, Earl of Wessex 

1220 On April - 15 adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies 

1415 On this day in history death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian 

1472 On April - 15 leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 

1502 Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on April - 15. 

1605 Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on April - 15. 

1607 On this day in history cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 

1610 On April - 15 johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 

1621 Death of John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony on this day in history. 

1632 Death of George Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580) on April - 15. 

1641 Death of Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581) on April - 15. 

1652 On April - 15 death of patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church 

1659 Simon Dach, German poet, dies on this day in history. 

1719 Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on April - 15. 

1754 Death of Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676) on April - 15. 

1756 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history. 

1761 On April - 15 death of archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682) 

1764 On this day in history jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies 

1765 Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history. 

1788 On this day in history giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 

1793 Death of Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718) on this day in history. 

1804 On this day in history death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761) 

1811 Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on April - 15. 

1824 On April - 15 theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 

1853 On April - 15 johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67 

1854 Death of Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773) on April - 15. 

1863 On April - 15 jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 

1866 On this day in history william Jackson, composer, dies at 51 

1888 Matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65 on April - 15. 

1889 On April - 15 death of father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) 

1891 Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 on April - 15. 

1898 On April - 15 death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader 

1911 On this day in history georg Knorr, German engineer, dies 

1912 Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on April - 15. 

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